Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

pulp (wood): see in index wood pulp

puma (mammal)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 167, picture,

volume 10 page 167

pummelo (fruit): see in index shaddock

pumper truck (fire truck)

firefighting volume 5 page 26

pumpkin (plant and food)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 167, picture,

volume 10 page 167

pump truck (fire truck): see in index

pumper truck

punched card (data processor)

computer volume 3 page 174

PunicWars (Roman history, 264-146

BC)

ancient Rome volume 11 page 90

Carthage volume 3 page 48

punishment (law)

law volume 7 page 117

prison volume 10 page 154

Punjab (state in India)

Sikhism volume 12 page 87

Punjab (province in Pakistan)

Indus River volume 6 page 132

Punjabi (people)

Pakistan volume 10 page 13

Punta del Este (town in Uruguay) picture,

volume 14 page 43

Puntland (region in Africa)

Somalia volume 12 page 131

pupa (biology)

butterfly and moth volume 2 page 158

Monarch butterfly picture, volume 2

page 158

flea volume 5 page 33

insect volume 6 page 140

metamorphosis volume 8 page 107

mosquito volume 8 page 189

pupil (part of eye)

eye volume 4 page 176, picture, volume 4

page 175

puppet

Bunraku picture, volume 13 page 59

California condor chick picture, volume

15 page 108

Muppets picture, volume 6 page 40

puppetry: see in index puppet

pure democracy (form of government):

see in index direct democracy

pure math (mathematics)

mathematics volume 8 page 77

student studying arithmetic picture,

volume 8 page 77

Purim (Judaism)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 168, picture,

volume 10 page 168

Puritanism (Christianity): see in index

Puritans

Puritans (religious group)

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volume 10 page 169

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Massachusetts Bay Colony volume 8

page 74

“Mayflower” volume 8 page 83

Plymouth Colony volume 10 page 102

Salem witch trials volume 12 page 20

purple pitcher plant (plant)

pitcher plant volume 10 page 90

purring (cat behavior)

cat volume 3 page 58

pursuit (bicycle race)

cycling volume 3 page 235

PUSH, Operation (U.S. organization)

Jackson volume 7 page 7

pussy willow (plant)

willow volume 15 page 45

putsch (politics): see in index rebellion

putter (golf club)

golf volume 5 page 125

Pygmy (people)

Gabon volume 5 page 78

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pygmy hippopotamus (mammal)

hippopotamus volume 6 page 60

pygmy marmoset (primate)

monkey volume 8 page 167

pygmy pine (tree)

conifer volume 3 page 182

Pyongyang (capital city of North Korea)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 169, picture,

volume 10 page 170

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festival picture, volume 7 page 80

North Korea volume 7 page 79

pyramid (architecture)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 170

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ancient Egypt volume 4 page 114

Pyramids of Giza picture, volume 4

page 110, picture, volume 10 page 170

Saqqarah, Egypt picture, volume 1

page 168

Pyramids of Giza (pyramids in Egypt)

picture, volume 4 page 110, picture, volume

10 page 170

architecture volume 1 page 168

Pyrenees (mountain range in Europe)

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volume 10 page 171

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Spain picture, volume 12 page 153

pyrexia (medical disorder): see in index

fever

Pytheas (ancient Greek explorer)

polar exploration volume 10 page 110

Python (Greek mythology)

Apollo volume 1 page 150

python (snake)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 172

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green tree python picture, volume 10

page 172

snake volume 12 page 112

Qaddafi, Muammar al- (Libyan statesman)

Libya volume 7 page 145

Qaeda, al- (international terrorist network)

bin Laden volume 2 page 71

Bush volume 2 page 157

terrorism volume 13 page 49

United States volume 14 page 31

Qahirah, Al- (city in Egypt): see in index

Cairo

Qahtan (Arab legendary figure)

Arabs volume 1 page 159

Qa!idah, al- (international terrorist network):

see in index Qaeda, al-

Qajar Dynasty (Iranian dynasty)

Iran volume 6 page 149

Qatar (country in the Middle East)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 4, picture,

volume 11 page 4

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Doha picture, volume 4 page 64

Qibli misr (region of the Nile Valley in

Africa): see in index Upper Egypt

Qin Dynasty (Chinese history, 221-206

BC)

China volume 3 page 103

Qing Dynasty (Chinese history, 1644-

1911)

China volume 3 page 103

Mongolia volume 8 page 164

Taiwan volume 13 page 9

Quadracci Pavilion (building in Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, U.S.) picture, volume

15 page 53

quadrilateral (mathematics)

geometry volume 5 page 98

Quakerism (religion): see in index Quakers

Quakers (religious group)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 5

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meeting picture, volume 11 page 5

Penn volume 10 page 54

Pennsylvania volume 10 page 56

Underground Railroad volume 14

page 9

quaking aspen (tree) picture, volume 1

page 210

aspen volume 1 page 210

quality of sound (sound): see in index

timbre

Quapaw (Native American people)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 6

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Osage volume 9 page 152

Quapaw sash picture, volume 11 page 6

quark (subatomic particle)

atom volume 1 page 224

quarrying (mining)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 6, picture,

volume 11 page 7

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machine-cut limestone blocks picture,

volume 7 page 153, picture, volume 11

page 7

Quarrymen (British rock group): see in

index Beatles, the

quarterback (sports)

football volume 5 page 49

quartz (mineral)